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10 Best Movies Like Sam

If you loved Sam, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
My Policeman

My Policeman

2022★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sam for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate relationship ...

#2
My Sassy Girl

My Sassy Girl

2008★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sam for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A guy has his life planned out until he is wooed, groomed and then dumped by an elusive woman....

#3
Jeffrey

Jeffrey

1995★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sam for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Jeffrey, a gay man living in New York City with an overwhelming fear of contracting AIDS, concludes that being celibate is the only option to protect himself. As fate would have it...

#4
The Normal Heart

The Normal Heart

2014★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sam for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in t...

#5
How to Be Single

How to Be Single

2016★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sam for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world ...

#6
Crossing Delancey

Crossing Delancey

1988★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sam for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Thirty-something Isabelle spends her time going from her tiny, solitary West Side apartment to that of her grandmother on the Lower East Side. While her grandmother plots to find h...

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